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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not about your salary- it's also about retirement, career progress, etc. Unless you earn minimum wage, it's always beneficial to go back to work.[/quote]

OP here. Unless I find situation like PP in Bowie, it sounds like most arrangements are going to cost $20-25 an hour. The other PP advised 2k for toddler and 1400 for preschooler. That’s $40,800 a year, hardly minimum wage. It’s a tough decision to go back when a significant fraction of your salary will be eaten up by daycare, taxes, etc.[/quote]

It’s not cheap, but exiting the workforce makes it harder to find a job down the line, and not working also means you are not contributing to social security, getting a 401(k) match, and in my case a pension. A lot of my salary goes to daycare, but it is still worth it for me. And my kid is super social and learning way more when interacting with other kids in a play-based setting than she would be home solo with me or DH. [/quote]
When did your child start daycare?[/quote]

Both my kids started daycare after my maternity leave was over — 4 months for one, 5 months for the other[/quote]

(And I am the PP you asked - I talk about one kid in the post because I only have one in daycare now. The other is in elementary school now.)[/quote]

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